Favorite Stick + Cream Combos

[azrichter]

I'm a habitual shower shaver and stumbled upon the simple pleasure of rubbing an Arko stick over my face, giving it a quick brush, then putting a small spot of Proraso on my brush to finish lathering up.

Holy lather! It was a great combination for me!!! To top it off I splashed some Alcolado Glacial on it and was R-E-A-D-Y for the day.

I got a ton of lubricating lather, an outstanding shave and my somewhat sensitive skin felt soothed and smooth all day (after the alcohol evaporated!).

Does anyone else have a favorite stick+cream combo? I liked this so much I'm looking for ways to make my beard grow faster.

[winston61]

I put a beaned sized blob of Cremo on my Arko puck. Very nice mix.

[azrichter]

I put a beaned sized blob of Cremo on my Arko puck. Very nice mix.

I've got some Cremo! I'll have to give a try tonight.

[Augustiner]

I always use a base coat of a brushless shave cream then lather over it w/ a tallow soap. This doesn't make the lather explode it just adds to the protection and softening properties of the lather.

[APC]

The Shea Butter and Black African Soap Cream sold at Target is a disaster as a stand alone shave cream, but a little dab combined with any shave soap, including ones you don't really like, makes incredible super lather.

[Bloomey]

Found that palmolive cream and stick work wonders together

[Wil Dorenbos]

I'm a habitual shower shaver and stumbled upon the simple pleasure of rubbing an Arko stick over my face, giving it a quick brush, then putting a small spot of Proraso on my brush to finish lathering up.

ARKO stick and Omega cream (about same as you ;))
Palmolive stick and Palmolive cream
TABAC stick and Jentlemen Classic Fern Cream
Vergulde Hand stick and Vergulde Hand cream

More to follow

[sirleanalot]

I usually super lather with a soap (godrej/proraso) + cream (old spice/park avenue/palmolive). I tried for the first time today palmolive shave stick rubbed on my face then lathering with a drop of old spice cream in my brush. Stupendously explosive lather - great cushion from the palmolive and super slickness from the old spice cream. Loved the fragrance too!

[azrichter]

I always use a base coat of a brushless shave cream then lather over it w/ a tallow soap. This doesn't make the lather explode it just adds to the protection and softening properties of the lather.

I tried this with some King of Shaves gel that I rarely use---put gel on my face then Arko on the brush. Great result!

Thanks for the tip!

[gaseousclay]

Palmolive stick and Palmolive cream

I tried this combo lastnight and it gave me one of the slickest shaves ever. it was a thing of beauty

[RazoRock]

I put a beaned sized blob of Cremo on my Arko puck. Very nice mix.

IMO, Cremo is the perfect cream for superlathers. My go-to is P.160 with a blob of Cremo.

[adaumus]

never done the superlather. Now that I have an arsenal of both, I'll try it!!

[PhatMan]

Hi,

Mitchells Wool Fat (puck used as a shave stick) + dollop of Musgo Real shave cream.

Lots of lanolin-y goodness

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ

[ackvil]

I like Speick. + Godrej DeLuxe.

However, I am not a big fan of shave sticks.

[Wil Dorenbos]

ARKO stick and Omega cream (about same as you ;))
Palmolive stick and Palmolive cream
Tabac stick and Jentlemen Classic Fern Cream
Vergulde Hand stick and Vergulde Hand cream

More to follow

Tabac stick and Tabac cream

[talibeard]

Actually the only 2 reasons I (rarely) add some cream to my soaps are that a) I still have some 'artisanal' soaps based on olive and/or palm oil and b) I have a couple of creams lying around with not much else to do.

Using a cream with any decent soap is not my cup of tea really.

[Leon]

Hmmm... let's see what I've mixed:

- Palmolive stick + Palmolive cream = All in the family
- La Toja stick + TOBS Avocado cream = Nice!
- Tabac stick + Veleiro cream = Musk/Marine bomb!
- Speick stick + Penhaligon's Opus cream = Very fresh and elegant